Microsoft Minesweeper

Microsoft Minesweeper

Released1990
Microsoft Minesweeper (formerly just Minesweeper, and also known as Flower Field) is a minesweeper-type video game created by Curt Johnson, originally for IBM's OS/2, that was ported to Microsoft Windows by Robert Donner, both Microsoft employees at the time.
69Wit Score

Details

PublisherMicrosoft
ReleasedOctober 8, 1990
StatusReleased
GenresPuzzle
PlatformsPC (Microsoft Windows) PC (Microsoft Windows)
ModesSingle player
SeriesMicrosoft Entertainment Pack

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Community Score
Mixed Reception69/100

About This Game

Players engage in a logic puzzle where they systematically reveal tiles on a grid while avoiding hidden mines scattered throughout the playing field. The challenge lies in deducing mine locations through numerical clues and strategic reasoning, though the game ultimately demands occasional blind guesses where success depends on chance rather than certainty. Victory requires clearing all safe squares without triggering a single explosive, making each move a calculated risk between informed deduction and probability.